Chang Dong Lee’s Burning paints an intricate portrait of modern day South Korea. It raises questions about toxic masculinity, generational … More
Tag: Film
Enemy: Jake Gyllenhaal and the giant spiders
In anticipation of Dune, I rewatched Denis Villenueve’s 2013 film, Enemy. Enemy is a confusing creature. It is well made … More
Review: ‘The Gift’
This directorial debut feature from Joel Edgerton, who also writes and stars in the film, proves to be a very … More
Throwback Thursday: ‘His Girl Friday’
Cary Grant is in top form as the charmingly despicable Walter Burns, a newspaper man who will do anything for a … More
The Pretty Good ‘Jurassic World’
Jurassic World is a pretty solid film. It is perfectly fun summer escapism with amazing effects, nice performances, a decent … More
Midnight Movie: ‘Army of Darkness’
Army of Darkness, the 1992 film from Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spiderman), sees its action hero Ash (Bruce Campbell) transported … More
The Deus in ‘Ex Machina’
“One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on … More
‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’
In Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Greg (Thomas Mann) is a high-school loner who invisibly floats the … More
Throwback Thursday: ‘The Wicker Man’
In honor of Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings, Dracula, The Man With the Golden Gun), the established English actor … More